Can't sign up to PSN?

Hey guys, I've been checking up on the PSN website to register a new account for the past week or so and I haven't been able to because the site is "under maintenance". Has anyone else been having this problem and does anyone know how long it might be?

Think you're an expert cryptographer?

When there's a message like this, there has to be a clue or in these case the subject it's coming from for All I know you can be talking about my mom...

Was I wrong to ask my mom this?

I'm 16. I have only had my driver's license for a couple of months. Two weeks ago, I got in to a car accident that was 100% my fault. I was driving carelessly and backed into an oncoming car while getting out of a parkin. I was driving my mother's car reasonably new 1 year old or so. I apologized to the old lady that I backed into and told her how stupid and careless I'd been. She was nice about it and after the police came and got the details we both drove off. I felt so guilty, I can't really explain it very well. I just felt like I deserved to be ed. I had only ever been ed on maybe 3 or 4 occions, all of them occurred when I was a 4 to 8 yr old boy. My dad didn't believe in it and he ped away when I was 10. My mom would but only if all else failed, I guess you'd call her a last resort spanker. The accident gave me that same type of guilt I'd had when I'd been a really bad six year old. I was angry with myself for a lot of other things as well. I had once been an excellent student, but I was becoming lazy and despondent. I was a jekyll and hyde type of character at that point in my life. I'd have these moments when I was a typical rebellious disrespectful teenager. Then I'd have more reflective moments and I'd realize what a jerk I was and I'd experience a lot of guilt with how I'd treated my mother. Despite this my mother was always there for me and I knew she was doing her utmost to try to get the best out of me. Anyway I arrived home and explained to my mother what happened, I apologized and confessed that the accident was my fault. She was just happy that nobody had been injured. I told her I still felt guilty, but she just tried to support me. I told her that she should be upset with me, not just because of the car but because of how my grades had been dropping and my attitude towards her and others was disrespectful. I said I feel like I deserve a good . She gave me a strange look and said I was too old for that. I nodded and told her I'd be in my room. A few hours later she knocked on my bedroom door. I let her in. She asks me if I'm upset with her because there is no discipline in my life. I started talking about how when I was a young child I knew I had to achieve. I knew my parents wouldn't settle for half efforts and I wanted my life to be like that again. It seemed like after my father ped away I was slowly but surely getting lazier, less responsible and disrespectful (occassionally) to those that I loved most (like all teens I suppose). She says she understands the disrespectfulness, that she was a teen once etc. And she stated that at least I have a conscience and can admit my faults. She then asks me whether I think a will help me overcome my guilt. I told her it couln't hurt and that I need a fresh start. She says okay take off your jeans and underpants and I'll be back. Yikes, I get kind of anxious, nervous. Anyway I remove my clothes and lay face down on the bed. She comes back with an oval hairbrush and starts smacking me. I was trying to be tough and I was for the first 40 or so spanks. But my bottom became hot and sore and I began to sob quietly. My mother continued but slowed down and gave me another 20 or so. She then put the brush down and started to rub my back and told me that even though I was was far from perfect, I was still better than just about any other teenager she knew. I hugged her and vowed to get my life back on track. The following week-end I cleaned out the basement and started to do more chores around the house. Was I wrong to ask my mom to spank me?

What are some good metallica/slayer/megadeth type lead guitar settings?

Hello I have a vlh 15 amp with an eminence speaker and it has a megadrive/clean mix and a straight clean byp channel (megadrive has gain,tone,and volume and clean has low,mid,high,reverb and reverb. My effects are Jekyll and Hyde (overdrive/distortion pedal. An ibanez ts808 tube screamer. A BOSS CH-1 super chorus. A crybaby standard wah and a Jackson v I forget what series I was curious about suggested settings for all these not factory settings unless you think they sound best I was trying to play rhythm and lead together but if that's not possible I don't want to but a multi-effects board so please don't suggest any I don't like them and also thanks for all the answers.

I am Catholic, but I disagree with so many church teachings!?

I'm 16, and raised Catholic. I will certainly always love my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, but some parts of the church I disagree with. Sime rules, it seems, are just made up by the Catholic Church. For example, mortal and venial sin are never mentioned in the Bible, and many teachings, it seems, were made up to help the church gain power. (Apparently this has been seen throughout history, just ask Martin Luther.) As a youth, I never had Bible study, just Catechism study and... I just need some advice... Where do I go from here? Should I try to find a Protestant youth group perhaps? I am finally able to think for myself and yet the answers are so hard to find.

I think im a , but don't want to be?

I'm gay so if I were u I would ask random ?s like are u do u like girls etc but if she gets upset drop it say sorry move on if the other kids make fun of u ignore them say somethin back

What is wrong with my computer?

I recently (end of April 2011) bought an Acer Aspire laptop. A few days later I went and bought a printer. When I set up the printer (and put the disk in) it didn't start up, but somehow used a back door to be able to print. So fast forward to today, I went to print again and even though the printer was on, my computer was telling me it was offline. I called HP and spent over an hour and a half speaking with them about getting everything to set up properly. Needless to say, no matter what we did (from turning off ALL virus programs etc) NOTHING would let me install the start up program for my printer. We tried all sorts of things, from downloading it from HP directly, trying my disk etc. They told me it was a computer issue and to contact ACER directly. Well I contacted ACER and was told for them to even ATTEMPT to fix my computer, I would have to pay a software warranty for $149.99. I've decided that after spending $300 on this computer, and even more on accessories, I will NOT pay them to help me with something that was clearly an issue from the start. I was going to do a system restore, but at this point, that won't do any good since only a few days after I bought the computer, it wouldn't load this software correctly. I'm at a loss of what to do. Not only a week ago my computer refused to hook up to my wireless internet...after dealing with the cable company and then the router company, they found that it was my computer. I called ACER about the issues and they said because my 30 day McAFEE was expiring (not for 11 days) it wouldn't allow me on the internet anymore and that I had to uninstall that and go buy another anti virus program. I did that, and while it fixed it for a couple days, I had more issues with the internet as well. I'm really unsure of what to do at this point...people at ACER will not waive the fees for me and provide me with any help unless I pay some outrageous fee. I really love this laptop and its perfect for what I want to do, it all just started because I wanted to print something. Thankfully HP told me a back door on how to print, but will have to do tons of stuff before I'm able to print on a regular basis. I just feel if I can't even have the start up wizard start for my hp printer, then lord only knows what other problems will arise on this computer. On a side note, I'm on windows 7 and EVERYTHING (updates/anti virus etc.) is up to date and there are no issues according to the computer. Any help is appreciated and I can try to answer any questions to help someone solve this issue. I have tried to disable everything on my computer to get this start up wizard to install, and it still hasn't. Another note: I bought a tablet and when I put the CD in to install it did without any issues at all. It just seems this printer won't install either manually or through the CD. Thank you.